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Why does Tiny Core have higher systems requirements than Win98?

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willz06jw:
Hi and thanks for reading,

Why does Tiny Core have higher systems requirements than Win98?  Is there any way to lower the systems requirements for memory?

Thanks again,
Will

curaga:
Why shouldn't it? Win98 isn't and hasn't been any kind of target.


As for running in low ram, MC will run in 36mb, and there are other tweaks possible (do a forum search).

gerald_clark:
Where can you buy W98?

tclfan:

--- Quote from: willz06jw on October 27, 2010, 11:29:30 AM ---Why does Tiny Core have higher systems requirements than Win98?  Is there any way to lower the systems requirements for memory?

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This is to be expected and not an indication of being memory inefficient. As a matter of fact TC has higher memory requirements than Win 98, NT, Win 2000 and Win XP, not speaking of most Linux distros.  I was able to get XP to run in 64M and Win 2000 in 32M after optimization. The reason is that it runs entirely in memory, rather than from disk and swap file, which means you need more memory lo load all these apps you want. What you gain is high speed (no disk access) and ability to run without any hard drive. You can even remove the TCL CD after boot. None of Windows systems can do this and only a few Linux, such as SliTaz and Austrumi.

tclfan:
Just to add, by doing this (running entirely in memory) you not only make operation and response much faster by removing bottlenecks slowing down your system (such as reading from disk and swapping memory) but also increase reliability of the system since now potentially you do not need any moving parts in the hardware configuration, such as hard disk, which is the most likely point of failure...

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